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GARY !First student council election: Ambassador Academy Premiere Christian School conducted its first student council election recently, inspired by Title 1 teacher Natalia Tucker. The winners were Ciara Frazier, president; Casey Baker, vice president; Kennedy Kuykendall, secretary; and Cassandra Araujo, treasurer. Other nominees were Mercedez Martin, D'Marshea Cobb, Kelriana Sistrunk, Brianna ...
It is not really capitalism. It is an oligarchy or a financial plutocracy. Goldman Sachs senior executives are arming themselves with New York gun permits, according to Alice Schroeder on Bloomberg.com.
Item #655 of "Things to do Before I Die:" have a meaningful conversation with a famous politician. Status: incomplete. After standing for five hours in Akron, Ohio in 2004, I took an awkward picture with presidential candidate John Kerry, but he didn't have time to talk.
Last year's Democratic candidate for Indiana lieutenant governor has pleaded guilty to charges that he misrepresented himself as a state legislator.
Gov. Mitch Daniels will be raising money for fellow Indiana Republicans during a reception in Chicago tonight, his press secretary said Thursday, not building a war chest for a presidential run. "I don't know how many times he can say that he's not running for president," Jane Jankowski said. The law office of Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago will be the site of "An Evening with Gov. Mitch Daniels ...
Ellsworth stands strong for IndianaTo the editor: Rep. Brad Ellsworth did the right thing by voting for health care reform. The House bill, while not perfect, will help expand coverage to 96 percent more Americans and will help increase choice with the public option available to each state. The insurance companies and corporate America have had it their way too long, making millions in profits ...
On his website former U.S. Representative John Hostettler has announced his intentions to seek the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by democrat Sen. Evan Bayh. Hostettler was defeated in Indiana's 8th District when current democrat Rep. Brad Ellsworth was elected to the position.
CROWN POINT -- Democratic Party activist and former state Department of Commerce executive director Thomas McKenna stopped at the downtown courthouse Wednesday to announce his candidacy for secretary of state to Northwest Indiana party voters. McKenna said an assault on voters rights by Republican administrations prompted him to seek to become the state's top election official in 2010, a year ...
Thomas F. McKenna, former executive director of the Indiana Department of Commerce, launched his campaign for the 2010 Democratic nomination for Indiana secretary of state on Tuesday.McKenna, 63, stopped at Vanderburgh County Democratic Party headquarters as part of an 11-city, three-day announcement tour. He ended his day in Vigo County.The secretary of state is Indiana's chief elections ...
Former state Rep. Dennie Oxley II, the 2008 Democratic candidate for Indiana's lieutenant governor, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge that he misrepresented himself as a state legislator last summer to avoid arrest for public intoxication.
Another public brawl has erupted between allies and critics of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, threatening party unity 11 months before the GOP's hoped-for comeback in the crucial 2010 midterm elections, Republicans on all sides say. California RNC member Shawn Steel, an ally of the RNC chairman, on Tuesday accused Indiana RNC member Jim Bopp Jr. of pursuing a ...
Thomas McKenna launches his campaign for Indiana Secretary of State.
GARY -- A reluctant City Council agreed to send Gary to an Indiana tax appeals board for the second year in a row to avoid a revenue cut in 2010 that could eliminate 50 percent of its budget. All but one City Council member voted in favor Gary's petition to the Indiana Distressed Unit Appeals Board, which granted $22.8 million in budget relief to the city this year. Ragen Hatcher, D-at large ...
A retired business leader and former aide to Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan announced Tuesday that he's running for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State next year.
Thomas F. McKenna, former executive director of the Indiana Department of Commerce, launched his campaign for the 2010 Democratic nomination for Indiana secretary of state today.McKenna, 63, stopped at Vanderburgh County Democratic Party headquarters as part of an 11-city, three-day announcement tour. He ended his day in Vigo County.The secretary of state is Indiana’s chief elections officer ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. | Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokitatestified Tuesday on Capitol Hill, describing for Republicancongressmen allegations of ACORN's involvement in "large scale"voter registration fraud in Lake County during the 2008 generalelection.